Coin-controlled apparatus



(No Model.)

0. S. GARRETSON. COIN CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

No. 590,518. Patented Sept. 21,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER S. GARRETSON, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK.

COIN-CONTROLLED APPARATUS. A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 590,518, dated September 21, 1897.

Application filed M y 1, 1896- To all whom it; may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER S. GARRETSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Apparatus and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to coin-controlled apparatus.

The objects are, in an apparatus comprising a locked coin-receptacle which can be unlocked only after the accumulation in it of a predetermined or definite or fixed number of coins and an information-presenting device normally locked against movement, but adapted to be released by mechanism upon the insertion of a coin, to provide a coin-carrier adapted upon rotation, through the medium of a coin, to throw the lockingmechanism thereof out of engagement and also to operate the information-presenting device; to provide means for limiting the rotation of the coin-carrier; to provide means for preventing extraction of the coin once inserted in the carrier after the latter has been slightly turned; to provide means for preventing the coins once deposited in the coin-receptacle from being removed until after the accumulation of a definite or fixed number, and, finally, to provide means for unlocking the coin-receptacle after the accumulation in it of a predetermined or requisite number of coins.

In a coin-controlled apparatus characterized by my invention I provide two rollers in frictional contact with each other and a roll or web of paper having imprinted on one side thereof questions or facts and on the other side proverbs, maxims, witticisms, or the like, which web is adapted to be fed out of a suitable slot in the casing ofthe apparatus by the turning of one of the rollers constituting the actuating or feed roller. The shaft of this latter roller is provided with a coin-carrier comprising a disk having a recess or pocket cut therein at right angles to its axis and its periphery provided with a series of cam-surfaces terminating in abutments or serial No. 592,456. (No model.)

stops designed to prevent the backward rotation of the coin-carrier when a coin has once been inserted, and also to limit the rotation of the coin-carrier, these results being accomplished by a detent or spring having toes adapted to interlock with the stops. Located adjacent to the coin-carrier and to one side thereof is a coin-receptacle provided with a suitable glass-covered opening to permit inspection of the interior thereof, and with a longitudinallyslidable bottom normally locked against movement by means of a spring projection engaging with a portion of the receptacle, a plunger arranged within the receptacle operating through the medium of a column of coins when a predetermined number thereof has accumulated within the receptacle to depress this spring projection and allow the bottom to be moved to one side and thereby release the coins.

Further and more specific details of construction will appear farther on.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, although it is to be understood that other forms of embodiment thereof may be employed without departing from the spirit of the same. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation with the front of the casing removed, showing the feed-rollers and the roll of paper bearing i11- formation. Fig. 3 is a View in rear elevation with the coin-receptacle removed, showing the coin-carrier and the spring for limiting its movement. Fig. 4 is a view in plan displaying more clearly the disposition of the coinslot and paper-passage.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the casing, comprising a front and back A A respectively, secured together by a screw a, and B the coin-receptacle, secured to the back of the casing A by a screw 7) and having'a slidl able bottom b normally held over an opening a in the bottom of the casing by a spring projection 12 The casing, coin-receptacle, and bottom thereof may be cast or struck up in any well known or preferred manner. IVithin the casing A are mounted two rollers a a between which is arranged a strip of paper 0, fed from a roll mounted on the screw a. The roller a has its shaft projected beyond the casing on each side thereof and carries on one end a milled or knurled knob a by which the roller a may be turned, and on its opposite end the coin-carrier D. This carrier is constructed of a disk, of metal, having a slot or recess cut partia'lly through it at right angles to its shaft, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, constituting a pocket in which the coin is deposited through aslot a in the casing, and on its periphery with a series of cam-surfaces terminating in abutments or stops which are adapted to be engaged by a toe e of one member 6 of a spring E, the other member 6 of the spring also bearing against the periphery of the disk to prevent too free rotation thereof, the spring being held in operative position in this instance by lugs a a on the back of the casing. These stops are so spaced that upon the insertion of a coin and the turning of the roller a the toe e of the member 6 and the end of the member e of the spring E are thrown out of engagement with the stop (Z immediately contiguous to the coin-slot, by the periphery of the coin contained in the coin-carrier and as the carrier is turned are held out of contact with any of the stops by the coin until the coin is discharged into the coin-receptacle B. By

. this time the toe e has passed the stop 61 so that an attempt to reverse the rotation to extract a coin will be prevented by the said toe catching on this latter stop. A further rotation of the coin-carrier will bring the toe over the stop d so that should a coin be shaken out of the receptacle into the carrier this stop will prevent backward turning of the carrier in the manner already described. Then a complete rotation of the carrier has taken place, the toe will again engage with the stop d and lock the carrier in position. In the act of turning the roller the web of paper is fed out through the slot a the length of the strip thus projected being sufficient to present only one set of questions, maxims, quotations, or witticisms. Aftera predetermined number of coins has been deposited in the receptacle the plunger F is pushed down and releases the spring projection b from engagement with the coin-receptacle, so that the bottom can be slid to'one side to release the coins.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that while this 1 device is exceedingly simple in construction and is composed of a small number of parts it will be thoroughly efficient to perform the functions for which it is designed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a coincarrier consisting of a rotatable disk transversely slotted to receive a coin and provided on its periphery with cam-surfaces terminating in stops, in combination with a detent to engage the stops to hold the disk initially against rotation, and upon the insertion of a coin and the turning of the disk, to prevent backward movement of the disk until the same shall have made a complete rotation, a coin-receptacle adjacent to the coin-carrier or disk to receive the coins when released by the carrier, a bottom in the receptacle normally preventing removal of the coins, and a plunger for releasing the bottom through the medium of a column of coins, substan tially as described.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination with a pair of feed-rollers, of a coin- .carrier carried by the shaft of one of the rollers and consisting of a disk transversely slotted to receive a coin and provided on its periphery with cam-surfaces terminating in stops, in combination with a detent to engage the stops to hold the disk initially against rotation, and upon the insertion of a coin and the turning of the disk to prevent back-' ward movement of the disk until the same shall have made a complete rotation, substantially as described.

3. A coin-controlled apparatus comprising the following elements: a web of paper hearing information, two feed-rollers in contact with the paper, means for turning one of the rollers, a coin-carrier mounted on the shaft of one of the rollers and consisting of a disk transversely slotted to receive a coin and provided on its periphery with cam-surfaces terminating in stops, a detent having two members for engaging the stops and operating, initially, to prevent rotation of the carrier until the insertion of a coin and the turning of the disk, and thereafter to pre-. vent backward rotation of the carrier until the coin is discharged, a coin-receptacle adjacent to the coin-carrier or disk to receive the coins when released by the'carrier, a bottom in the receptacle normally preventing removal of the coin, and a plunger for releasing the bottom through the medium of a. column of coins, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OLIVER S. GARRETSON.

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